Two prisoners on remand for armed robbery escaped from a prison bus yesterday afternoon after breaking the iron mesh at the rear of the vehicle and fleeing on foot onto the nearby street.
The bus was parked at the compound bewteen the Nassau Street Police Station and the Magistarte’s Courts on Nassau Street.
A small crowd of people outside the courts observed the escape, which happened around 1:30pm.
One eye-witness said, ” Well the first thing we noticed was this loud banging coming from the bus. Every once in a while they would start making noise and bang all at the same time. Then all of a sudden I saw a pair of feet break through the wire and this guy managed to jump down out of the bus. About thirty seconds later I saw another guy jump out.The first guy ran up the hill, and the other one watched to see which way the guy ran and instead of following him he went across through the corner.
A female witness agreed with his account and added, “That bus was unattended for the longest, they always left there unattended.”
Although the eye-witness reported that the men ran in separate directions, one police officer reported that the men had been handcuffed and there would have been no way for them to escape those shackles.
Source: Kilah Rolle, The Tribune
